But I have been away. Bought my equipment back in 2012 and have done anything but scrounge up lead from scrap, WW and came (wife was into stained glass) and made ingots. Now I am finally breaking in my Gould mold and got my cadence and technique down enuff to produce a few hundred.They weigh 338-342 grs and when casting, it seems that I have zink contamination but not enuff to make or break the throws and I just skim that **** off at 650-700 as fast as possible but I fear that some of the lead alloyed. My Lee pro 4-20 seems to run hot. on the lowest setting, the temp will climb to 800. but that's when my casting starts to "click' along and I get the best noses.
Q1. Do you guys spend the time to weigh them before loading? Or just a visual.
Q2 If a mold is rated for 330, let's say and you are getting 340, is that a good indicator of lead content?
Sorry if these are newbie questions. I want them soft, I plan to hut with this round and I am going to powder coat them. They are throwing .458.5 ish and that great for my 1895 CB because of the Marlin barrel slugs at .458. Its been a long time since I have been on hear